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Left to Right: Jeong S. Wing (G), Tonnis Boukamp (P), Russell Colosimo (G)
416th BG - 669th BS - 9th AF
This crew was shot down on 29 Sept 1944 after flying 50+ missions together. Boukamp was KIA.
Colosimo and Wing were POW. Wing also went by the name "Edwin J. Joe."

Connections

Units

People

  • Tonnis Boukamp

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
    Tonnis Boukamp was born in Muskegon, Michigan, on December 28, 1920. Later the family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, where Tonnis completed his elementary education and entered Port Huron High School. He was President of his graduating class of May,...

  • Russell Colosimo

    Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Aerial Gunner

  • Jeong Wing

    Military | Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) | Aerial Gunner
    Enlisted with his given name Jeong Shew Wing. Was known as Edwin J. Joe. His grave marker has Edwin J. Joe.

Locations

  • Wethersfield

    Military site : airfield
    Planned in 1942 as an Eighth Air Force bomber base, Wethersfield was then supposed to be loaned to the RAF in 1943, but was re-allocated to the Ninth Air Force by the time it was complete. Built during 1943-44, it had three concrete runways, 49 loop...

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Object number
UPL 48169

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
01 March 2021 22:53:45 466thHistorian Created entry with caption, unit associations, person associations and place associations
Sources

http://www.416th.com/CachatPhotos/Cachat_PLANE_STILLS_CREWS.html

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